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While the biggest tourist attractions in the area are the Great Barrier Reef, the Sunshine Coast, and the Gold Coast, Brisbane has a few gems of its own.

Mt. Coot-tha
Make sure to include a visit to the South Bank or Mt Coot-tha Lookout. The energetic can keep their feet moving while soaking up the historic sites along the Heritage Trail. Hire a bicycle and zoom down the river paths, winding along the picturesque South Bank. A visit to Chinatown is another must to see the multicultural side of Brisbane. Shopaholics are not forgotten as the South Bank Markets and Eagle Street Pier Craft Markets feature some of the latest fashions. Some might prefer to skip the shopping and go straight to the Ale House Brewery.

Gold Coast

Families scramble to visit the fantastic theme parks of southeast Queensland. Coachtrans offers the 'Brisbane Get Around,' a three- to four-day unlimited travel pass. This includes airport transfers, a half-day guided City Sights tour, a choice of four Gold Coast Theme Parks (Movie World, Sea World, Wet ‘n’ Wild among others) and a tour along the coastline, which, many will say, is Australia’s favorite playground.

Sunshine Coast

Sunshine Coast (true to its name) is a must. Australian Day Tours and Coachtrans Day Tours offer packages including such treats as the Big Pineapple, Underwater World, the Ginger Factory, Bunya Park, Australia Zoo, crocodile feeding (in season), and the Glass House Mountains; a wow of a day for all the family.


Great Barrier Reef

A great day trip just north along the coast to the largest sand island in the world, Fraser Island, is a spectacular place with flora and fauna found nowhere else. The orange-colored scribble gumtrees are truly amazing with scrawled markings all over their trunks. If time permits, spend more than just a day as there is so much to see. The world-renowned Great Barrier Reef, a magnificent variety of fish and corals among which you can swim, snorkel, scuba dive or fish, can be experienced from a base on Lady Elliot Island and Lady Musgrave Island (further north off the coast from Bundaberg).

Whether you shop, snorkel, or bike around Brisbane, you will see why Brisbane is the third fastest growing city in Australia.

Shopping Tour

Worldwide Shopping Tours ( http://www.worldwideshoppingtours.com.au/ )

Venture Down Under

Great Barrier Reef ( http://www.australianexplorer.com/brisbane_tours.htm/ )

Bridge Climb

Brisbane City Life Tours ( http://www.partner.viator.com/en/1810/search/BRISBANE/ )

Sail Brisbane

Brisbane Star Cruises ( +61 7 3399 1599/ http://totaltravel.com.au/link.asp?fid=569149/ )
Brisbane Cruises ( +61 7 3630 2666 http://www.brisbanecruises.com.au/index.htm )
Cruise Maroochy Eco Tour ( +61 7 5479 0993/ http://www.cruisemaroochyeco.com.au/ )
Mooloolaba Reef and Game Charters

Bus Tours

City Highlights
Coachtrans Day Tours

Bike Tours

Cycle Brisbane ( +61 4 0800 3198/ http://www.cyclebrisbane.com/ )
Ozmoto ( +61 4 0874 2274/ http://www.ozmoto.com/guidedtours.htm/ )